Artist III, a PBS Hawaii special directed and filmed by Hawaii filmmaker Stuart Yamane won an EMMY in the Arts/Entertainment Program Special category at the 40th Annual Northern California Area Emmy Awards! Congratulations Stuart Yamane!
Artist III features taiko drumming with Kenny Endo (with Kirstin Pauka), classical Okinawan dance with Cheryl Nakasone, gallery design with Tom Globe, and noted artist and professor Snowden Hodges.
See the excerpt with Kenny and Kirstin on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R7eqJjXYFY

Artist III will air again on PBS Hawaii Presents on Thursday July 7 at 8:30 pm and 11 pm,
with an encore on Sunday, July 10 at 3 pm. Don’t miss it!
CONGRATULATIONS and MAHALO to Stuart Yamane!

Kenny heading to Maui to lead workshops with Stanford Taiko and Zenshin Daiko and perform in Zenshin Daiko’s 12th Annual Taiko Festival
Saturday, June 18 at the Maui Theatre (Home of Ulalena) in Lahaina!

KETE prepping for “SOSEN,” a collaborative piece featuring taiko and bharatanatyam (South Indian classical dance). Sosen will be one of the featured dances at the Asia Pacific Dance Festival at the University of Hawaii on July 30 and 31.

ALSO, Looking forward to working with Lopaka Colon, Makana, Kapua Dalire, Kapono Ciotti, and Daniel Paul for an IBM extravaganza this week!

CONGRATULATIONS to Jade Ogoshi & Ryan Luce !!!
(Taiko Center of the Pacific Youth Group, and Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble members!)
on their graduation from high school! We wish them the BEST in all their future endeavors! Taiko on!